--- title: "2.6 Gilderoy Lockhart" date: 2020-03-30T16:21:31-04:00 draft: false tags: - Chamber of Secrets episodeTitle: "Gilderoy Lockhart" episodeSubtitle: "'Why,' demanded Ron, seizing her schedule, 'have you outlined all Lockhart's lessons in little hearts?'" episodeLength: 43678088 episodeURL: https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/chamber/206GilderoyLockhart.mp3 episodeDuration: 59:56 episodeSeason: 2 episodeNumber: 6 featuredImage: /pottermore/206.webp --- {{< audio src="https://cdn.podtrificustotalus.com/chamber/206GilderoyLockhart.mp3" >}} We're coming at you a few hours later than usual with a new episode of Podtrificus Totalus, a Harry Potter podcast done chapter by chapter, book by book. In chapter six of *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Ron gets a Howler from Mrs. Weasley and must deal with his broken wand, Harry unwillingly gets a few lessons in fame from Gilderoy Lockhart, and Hermione cleans up the mess of their incompetent Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. We make a number of references to outside sources, which are listed below: - [Fantastically Wrong: The Murderous Plant That Grows From the Blood of Hanged Men](https://www.wired.com/2014/06/fantastically-wrong-mandrake/) on Wired - [Mandrake](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/thing/mandrake/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon - Falstaff's reference to mandrakes in ["Henry IV," Act I, Scene 2](https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=henry4p2&Act=1&Scene=2&Scope=scene&LineHighlight=281#281) and ["Henry IV," Part II, Act III, Scene 2](https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=henry4p2&Act=3&Scene=2&Scope=scene&LineHighlight=2172#2172) - The Earl of Suffolk's reference to mandrakes in ["Henry VI," Part II, Act III, Scene 2](https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=henry6p2&Act=3&Scene=2&Scope=scene&LineHighlight=2003#2003) - Juliet's reference to mandrakes in ["Romeo and Juliet," Act IV, Scene 3](https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=romeojuliet&Act=4&Scene=3&Scope=scene&LineHighlight=2565#2565) - [Justin Finch-Fletchley](https://www.hp-lexicon.org/character/finch-fletchley-family/justin-finch-fletchley/) on the Harry Potter Lexicon - *Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter* by Galadriel Waters (Ed. Astre Mithrandir; Published by Wizarding World Press in 2003) - [Colin](https://www.behindthename.com/name/colin-1) on Behind the Name - [Order of Merlin](https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/order-of-merlin) on Wizarding World - The [Freezing Charm](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Freezing_Charm) on the Harry Potter Wiki Our Spell of the Week is the Freezing Charm, which Hermione uses to stop the pixies that Lockhart releases in class